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I didn't think this format had much to offer, and don't like the experience of reading webcomics. As much as I like Freakangels, for example, I hated the experience of reading it online and wait to buy the trades to read it in the medium I'm happy with.

Not sure how it's overthinking. Something like this is billed as the future of comics, it should be innovative. At the very least it should match current technology.

Innovation doesn't always match the current technological level though. I think we can both agree that comics are a bit behind the bell curve when it comes to technology. Wether something is innovative or not depends on what is being done in that particular medium being discussed. How many others are doing stuff like we saw in Insufferable? I'd say not many, and in that way I'd argue that it is innovative for more mainstream comics.

I actually enjoy reading comics on my tablet, just not this particular one. If they're not going to design for the mobile screen (and I think they should), then I'd rather just have full pages that I can control myself with a full featured reader.

For what it's worth, I think comiXology's reader does a good job, I just don't like their rent a license to view the content model.

If you just want to talk about the story, I talked about the story too. It isn't something I'd buy monthly in print, or that I'd buy a collected edition of. It is very typical Mark Waid, so if you like his stuff you'll like this.

McDarkseid wrote:If you just want to talk about the story, I talked about the story too. It isn't something I'd buy monthly in print, or that I'd buy a collected edition of. It is very typical Mark Waid, so if you like his stuff you'll like this.

I like Waid, so I liked this story.

That was a fair point on your part, and one I didn't think you were overthinking.

S.F. Jude Terror wrote:I like Waid and liked the story. Like I said if it was a regular comic I would have scored it an 8. Nothing groundbreaking but completely solid and entertaining.

But it's not just about the story here, it needs to be judged on the merit of the presentation which is a big selling point of this.

Marshall McLuhan would say it's the more important thing to consider, and that the content of the medium is a "juicy piece of meat carried by the burglar to distract the watchdog of the mind," but that by focusing on that we miss the more important implications of new technology on media and the way it drives cultural and social changes.